Improvement in mangles



1L JOHNSON.

Mangles.

No. 166,108. I Patentedlglyznm.

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JOSEE JOHNSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO METROPOLITAN Y WASHING-MACHINE COMPANY, OF MIDDLEFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANGLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166.108, dated July 27, 1875; application iiled' July 1, 1875.

construction and arrangement `of a clothes-- mangle, as will be herein-alter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describef its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- 4 Figure l is a side elevation of my clothesmanffle. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same; andV ig; 3, a plan view. Y AQ represent two side standards, constructed substantiallyin the form shown, and each standard or side piece formed with a vertical slot or groove from the top downward for a suitable distance. The sides of these slots are made V-,shaped, as shown at a, in Fig. 3', `to enter correspondingly-shaped groovesjin standards BJB, which are inserted in said slots. The standards B B-are connected at their lower ends by means of a downwardly-curved bar, C, and in the upper ends is-inserted a bar, D, which is fastened by means of pins b l). The ends ofthe bar l) extend downward into vertical slots in the standards B B, and form upper bearings against the journals of the upper roll lE. The journals of the lower roll E are inserted in the same slots, and supported upon the ends of a similar bar, D/, and this is supported upon a leaf-spring, Grhaving its ends inserted in the lower ends\of said slots in the standards. The tension of the spring G is regulated rolPE/Naid journal extending sufficientlyY far Y to allwA the cog-wheel I" to overlap the cogwheel I of the upper roll, as shown in Fig. l.

It will readily be seen that by this construction of the gearing the rolls may separate a considerable distance without any danger of being thrown out ofl gear.

As the clothes are passed through between the rolls to be mangled, the lower roll yields according to ,the thickness of the material` passing between them.

The side pieces A A are on both sides of the machine provided with horizontallygrooved projections or arms hJL, for the insertion of the tables L.

Having thus i'ully-"described my invention, Y what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is- Y A clothes-mangle, consisting of rollers E E', standards A B, with their horizontal grooves lo h, and vertical grooves a a, tables L, bars C D D', springs G, pinions d d', and cog-wheels I I', all constructed and :arranged to operate as set forth.

Inl testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

May 28, 1875.

JosEE JoENs-oN. i

Witnesses:

H. E. B. DENNIsoN, I. E.. Down. g 

